US attack on Syria based on flimsy grounds

Alleging that the Bashar al-Assad government used chemical weapons in Douma, eastern Ghouta, the US, Britain and France fired nearly 100 cruise missiles on Syria on April 14, further ravaging the already battered country and its people.

This forced an indignant Bashar Jaafari, Syria's permanent representative to the United Nations, to describe the air strikes as a blatant invasion of his country.

About one year ago, on US President Donald Trump's orders, more than 50 cruise missiles were fired on Syria on the same pretext: use of chemical weapons by Assad. And even this time the United States (and Britain and France) claimed Assad had used chemical weapons without presenting any convincing evidence.